An attempt to spread the word of Agriculture through my own experiences. Inspired by Advocates for Agriculture and their story on ABC's Landline on the 14th August 2011. Might take me a while to get this page up to scratch, but it should be fun trying.

Sharing's Caring

Thank you to everybody who has shared this blog. Sharing is the way these things work, otherwise I'm justing talking to myself. If you like what you read please tweet, Facebook or email it to your mates. The more people outside our agricultural circle we can reach the better. Don't forget to have a look at the other blogs I'm following too. Everyone has a story to tell.

#27. An old ewe that has happily walked five kilometres in the muster will sit down and sulk fifty metres from the gate.

#28. A human being / ute / motorbike or tractor looks exactly the same as it's mother to a new born lamb.

#29. A new born lamb chasing after what it thinks is it's mother is exceptionally fast.

#30. Beware the calf playing doggo in long grass, for you will break your neck.
#31. After not seeing a living soul for weeks, visitors will turn up the one time you walk naked to the clothesline. (Thank you to Bernadette )

#32 Warranty expires 3 weeks before something breaks.

#33. Never underestimate the drought breaking properties of cutting hay.

#34. When filling the chaser bin for the first time, make sure all clean out doors are closed prior to filling. A 2km long sheep feed trail is never approved of.

#35. Hay string is an approved building product.

#36. Footrot Flats is not a comic strip. It is a How-To Manual.

#37. The time taken for a dropped windmill column to hit the bottom of the well / bore is exactly the same time it takes to use every expletive under the sun.

#38. Sump oil breeds.

#39. Anti-sieze is illegal in machinery assembly factories.

#40. Beware the left hand threaded wheel nut, for you will look like a fool otherwise.

#41. Dorper lambs could not be contained with a chain wire fence and a security guard. They are the epitome of "Free Range."

#42. The chances of seeing a wild dog doubles if you leave your rifle home.

#43. Everything breaks the day you drive out the gate on holidays. (Thank you Glenda.)

#44. A slightly crooked new fence will hold stock just as well as a dead straight one. It is not worth your marriage.

#45. The distance your ute runs out of fuel or gets bogged from home is directly related to the weather conditions and what shoes you are wearing.

#49. Boomspray foam markers were designed by a sadistic bastard who took great delight in pefecting the art of developing foam that evaporates by the time you arrive at the next lap of the paddock.

#50. When using an auto steer guidance system at night, first ensure the headland alarm is loud enough to wake you. Nobody appreciates a seeding run through two creeks, four paddocks and a main road, no matter how straight it is.

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Agchatoz

About Me

I farm in Geraldton, West Australia with my wife Gemma and her parents. We run a export depot for sheep and goats on one property, a bit of crop and damara sheep on another, and Gemma's parents run the damara sheep station near Yalgoo, about 200kms east of Geraldton.